5) Message To The Constituents I (Ballad) Poem by Otradom Pelogo

We can't transcend life; it must be lived,
Although it's the quest most arduous
I could tell you all that I know, but all
About life, that would be ostentatious

But first the inquisitive spectrum must
Be edified with true integrity
And set ablaze with spiritual as
Well as colloquial hyperbole

Things I learned at five simply amazed me,
At twenty some still seemed farcical
With perspective, tales of devils, and dreams
Of angels are even venerable

Laughing at flaws brings calumniation
Even with capricious approbation
Though resentment is a cohort, a pious
Perspective vetoes ratification

(Because) Respect is a powerful gift, it
Can commute a disposition sardonic
Faith, progression follows, is the second
And the greatest of the prophetic

Answers fall like rain, but in the midst of
Solutions which seem to desecrate
Only good ones are impossible
But none, is an impossible mandate